Order :

2. Learned counsel for the accused-petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing for the complainant submit that a compromise has arrived at between the parties and they have amicably settled their dispute, therefore the FIR alongwith all consequential proceedings against the present accused-petitioner be quashed and set aside

4. Learned counsel for the complainant acknowledges the factum of the compromise arrived at between the parties and on instructions from the complainant, states that the complainant has no objection if the impugned FIR in question alongwith all consequential proceedings against the present accused-petitioner are quashed and set aside.

6. A bare perusal of the material on record shows that the dispute between the parties has amicably been settled by them.

“57. Quashing of offence or criminal proceedings on the ground of settlement between an offender and victim is not the same thing as compounding of offence. They are different and not interchangeable. Strictly speaking, the power of compounding of offences given to a court under Section 320 is materially different from the quashing